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Island H2O season passes on sale for rest of ’24 and ’25

Island H2O season passes on sale for rest of ’24 and ’25

Island H2O Water Park is running a sale on its passes that allow entry for the remainder of the 2024 season and all of its 2025 season.

The benefits of the Kissimmee attraction’s season passes include one friend ticket to be used this year and another one next year. There’s also a souvenir cup in the 2025 season and free parking. The price for its Labor Day flash sale, which ends Sept. 2, is $54.99.

Current season passholders can renew for 2025 for $49.99. The posted regular price for a season pass is $109.99. Monthly payment plans are available.

Daily admission tickets start at $49.99.

The water park’s 2024 season wraps up Oct. 27.  The attraction’s 2025 season begins in March.

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Island H2O Water Park is located near Highway 192. It operates near Sunset Walk and Margaritaville Resort Orlando and is accessed via Inspiration Drive.

The attraction, which opened in 2019, includes water slides, raft slides, a lazy river, a wave pool, water splash areas and other elements.  It also hosts additional activities such as weekend foam parties (through Sept. 2) and tailgate weekends featuring football shown on the wave pool Jumbotron Sept. 7 through Oct. 27. read more

When should you buy airline points or miles? Here are 4 times it might make sense

When should you buy airline points or miles? Here are 4 times it might make sense

Holly D. Johnson | Bankrate.com (TNS)

There are all kinds of strategies you can use to earn airline points/miles, and that’s true whether you’re a frequent flier or not. You can earn airline rewards by using an airline credit card or a flexible travel credit card for all of your spending, by shopping through airline rewards portals or by joining an airline’s dining club.

You can also buy airline points or miles outright if you want to rack up a stash quickly or you just need to top off your account. But just because you can buy airline rewards doesn’t mean you should. There are only a few situations where buying airline rewards makes any sense at all, meaning you’ll be better off earning rewards in other ways the vast majority of the time.

When you should buy airline points or miles

So, when does it make sense to purchase airline points or miles? Here’s a rundown of the main situations where you might want to consider it, as well as the steps you should take to find out if it makes sense in your situation.

1. When you can use miles for a flight with a high cash price right away read more